Mosquito-net and shade for windows



CHEM., of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE. i

RICHARD B. BURCHELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MOSQUITO-NET AND SHADE FOR WINDOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all fwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD B. BUR- and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Applying Mosquito- Nets and Shades to Vindows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description 'or" the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a face view ot a window with a mosquito net applied to it, according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken in the line a?, x, Fig. l. Fig. S is a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line y, fy, Fig. l. Fig. 4L is a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line e, e, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to apply a mosquito net or shade to the window in such a Way that the former may be raised and lowered in contact with the window trame and kept in such position, so as not to be acted upon by the wind; and a shade, if one be used, made to serve its legitimate purpose much more etiiciently than formerly; while, if a mosquito net be applied to the window, the net may, when desired for use, be lowered like an ordinary shade, and made to act as an etiicient barrier against the ingress of mosquitoes or other insects, and, when not desired for use, also raised or rolled up like a shade.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a window frame of usual construction, and B is a roller attached to the upper part of the frame and provided with the cord a, and necessary fixtures. To this roller the upper end of a mosquito net C., is attached, and the edges of the net are provided with hems in which rods a, a', are iitted. The rods a', a', are secured to the frame A, at or near the inner edges ot' the stiles Z), and said rods are fitted within tubes c, c, which are attached to the stiles. The tubes are slotted longitudinally as shown at d, to allow the edges ot' the net to pass through, but the slots are not suiiciently 27,108, dated February 14, 1860.

wide to allow the rods a', to pull out; see Fig. 4.

To the lower end of the net C, is attached a bar D, which is formed of two longitudinal parts e, f, connected together by screw bolts g, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. In each end of the bar D there is a double guide or gib E. These guides or gibs have their two parts 7L, z', precisely similar, and they are simply metal strips bent so as to encompass the rods a, 0.', and extend a suitable distance into the ends of the bar D, as shown in Fig. 3; the end-bolts g, passing through the guides or gibs.

The lower end of the net C, is fitted between the two parts e, f, of the bar D; said end, at its edges, bein also tted between the two parts 7L, i, of t e ides or gibs, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, an secured between said parts by the end bolts.

From the above description it will be seen that by actuating the cord a, the net C, may be wound up on the roller B, and it will also be seen that the net will be kept close to the window frame by means of the rods a', a', tubes c, and the bar D; the latter keeping the net in proper form and enabling it to be pulled down with facility. When the net is pulled fully down, it answers the purpose as electually as any of the covered frames hitherto employed and it may be adjusted with far greater facility. When shades are thus arranged, they are kept in proper place, and cannot be blown by the wind when the windows are open, as is the case with the ordinary shades, and which contingency renders the latter quite inefficient in summer.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Attaching a window shade or m uito net C, to a roller B, and rods a', a', w ich are fitted in tubes e, c, said shade or net having its lower end attached to a bar D, provided at its ends with double guides or E, which are tted on rods a', a; the w ole being applied to the window frame and arranged to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

RICHD. B. BURGHELL. Witnesses:

RICHD. TEN Eroli, J r., JAMES Gr. COOPER. 

